xmlbeansxx is a
software framework for
C++
C++ (pronounced "C plus plus") is a high-level general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language, or "C with Classes". The language has expanded significan ...
to
XML binding. It is
open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Op ...
licensed under
Apache License 2.0.
Description
xmlbeansxx is a tool allowing access to
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
in a C++ friendly way. It is similar to, and inspired by, the Apache
XMLBeans
XMLBeans is a Java-to- XML binding framework which is part of the Apache Software Foundation XML project.
Description
XMLBeans is a tool that allows access to the full power of XML in a Java friendly way. The idea is to take advantage of the richn ...
project. Similarly to XMLBeans, xmlbeansxx provide an
XML Schema Definition
XSD (XML Schema Definition), a recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), specifies how to formally describe the elements in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document. It can be used by programmers to verify each piece of item cont ...
(XSD) instance to C++ code generator. The generated code can be later invoked to access XML instance document data.
Example
Given an example of a simple XML Schema Definition describing a purchase order, as shown in examples from Apache XMLBeans distribution package, the following code handles printing of items from easypo.xml file:
#include "EasyPO.h"
#include
#include
using namespace std;
using namespace xmlbeansxx;
using namespace xmlbeansxx::samples::enumeration::schemaenum::easypo;
int main()
History
The xmlbeansxx project begun in 2004 as an effort to implement a part of Apache XMLBeans in C++. The project goal was to create an XML binding tool, based on an open source license, for use in commercial projects. It has been used successfully at TouK company in a few commercial projects. xmlbeansxx evolved over the years to fulfill ongoing requirements, so it changed a lot from the initial version.
The project, named xmlbeanscxx, was submitted to The
Apache Incubator
Apache Incubator is the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects.
The Incubator project was created in October 2002 to provide an entry path to the Apache Software Foundation for projec ...
in 2005. However it didn't receive much development effort, mainly because one of the supporting companies decided to change their objectives and quit. The project is still in development at TouK company, the initial contributor.
Supported compilers
Initially xmlbeansxx was supported on the
GNU Compiler Collection
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is an optimizing compiler produced by the GNU Project supporting various programming languages, hardware architectures and operating systems. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) distributes GCC as free softwar ...
. As of 2008, version 0.9.1 also supported
Microsoft Visual Studio compiler. This was done using
CMake
In software development, CMake is cross-platform free and open-source software for build automation, testing, packaging and installation of software by using a compiler-independent method. CMake is not a build system itself; it generates an ...
multiplatform build tool.
See also
* Apache
XMLBeans
XMLBeans is a Java-to- XML binding framework which is part of the Apache Software Foundation XML project.
Description
XMLBeans is a tool that allows access to the full power of XML in a Java friendly way. The idea is to take advantage of the richn ...
*
XML data binding
XML data binding refers to a means of representing information in an XML document as a business object in computer memory. This allows applications to access the data in the XML from the object rather than using the DOM or SAX to retrieve the da ...
External links
* {{Official website, https://github.com/TouK
XMLBeansxx Sourceforge Download PageProject submitted to Apache Incubator as xmlbeanscxxTouK company homepageSourceforge pageGithub page
Free software programmed in C++